dell inspiron cpu and memory upgrade questions

Then I jumped to Turion 64X2 TL-68, 2.4 G Hz.

 

Thanks mate!
So no overheat despite the 10 Watts difference.
So, the bios is 2.6.2? Your 2+2 memory type?

(I am just trying to figure out if the motherboard is a bottleneck.)

Thanks very much for your help. It's really appreciated.

 

There is a little heat problem. 31 w -35 watts, so not 10 watts difference but 4 watts, right? But I cleaned my heat sink and fan to mitigate that. A cooling pad will help too.
The bios should be the most updated, 2.6.3 (http://support.dell.com/support/dow...W1&osl=en&catid=&impid=&SystemID=INS_PNT_1501). RAM is 2G *2, which is good for 64 bit win 7 for example. I am not sure about the motherboard, which is out of date. I hope this helps.

 

Yes, it's tremendously helpful!
Well, I also have a 3500+ sempron, and it says here, that it's 25 Watts:
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K8/AMD-Mobile Sempron 3500+ - SMS3500HAX4CM.html

 

Oh sorry, I dont know the sempron stuff. But I am sure about the Turion TL68. It works for me now.

 

VioletBlueSkies,

So did you finally upgrade your dell 1501 semptron 3500?I have the same laptop which my folks in India are using. I want get the right cpu/ram and get it done when I go to visit them. I get only one shot at it, so I need to get the right cpu & ram. I am confident on the TL-60 cpu but ram is question.

I am thinking of getting a AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60 TMDTL60HAX5DC (Tyler).

Question: What ram should I get? (my original 1501 semptron came with 1 gb ram).

 

signed up just to say THANK YOU for this thread ... I landed here thanks to google ... and my mistake while shopping for a used AMD mobile CPU ...

anyways, I accidentally thought any AMD Turion Mobile fitting the socket will run in my mom's Inspiron 1501. wrong. I purchased the $17 chip described as Turion II Mobile M500 2.2GHz, well ... it fit, but laptop couldn't start with it installed. ... then I googled ... and came here

Thanks to this thread, I ordered a super cheap $17 (shipped free) AMD Turion 64 X2 2.1GHz TL-62 off ebay and now can't wait to get it!
Hoping this will fit and run! Model number is TMDTL62HAX5DM and according to OEM specs this is what I needed ... and cheap!
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K8/AMD-Turion 64 X2 Mobile technology TL-62 - TMDTL62HAX5DM.html

if anybody in US and likes shopping ebay for old laptop upgrades, here is the listing, the guy incorrectly described it as 1.2GHz, but model number matches TL-62
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140642921206
one more left as today.
my way of saying thanks

 

OK, so i have read all of this and what i am understanding is that because i have the Athlon cpu in mine, the most i can upgrade to is the tk-57? it is a 1.9 ghz dual core. is that right? here is a link of the 57.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMD-Athlon-...Oem-/111004275677?pt=CPUs&hash=item19d85ed3dd
THANKS